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Engineering How VW Is Developing the ID Every1 With Virtually No Prototype

From Dirk Kunde | Translated by AI 5 min Reading Time

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Volkswagen is developing the ID Every1 entirely in a virtual environment. Chief Engineer Thomas Kamla explains the role simulation plays in this process and why the company’s first zonal E/E architecture is making its debut in a compact car.

With the ID Every1 concept car, VW provided a glimpse of its future entry-level model in March 2025.(Source: Volkswagen)
With the ID Every1 concept car, VW provided a glimpse of its future entry-level model in March 2025.
(Source: Volkswagen)

Thomas Kamla, chief engineer of the MEB family at Volkswagen, succinctly sums up the biggest advantage of simulation software: “Simulations save a considerable amount of time.” For the compact car ID Every1, 36 months had been budgeted; the team is now aiming for 24 months. That’s 33 percent less time.

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